Aryna Sabalenka and Veronika Kudermetova will face off in the 3rd round of the Miami Open for the 3rd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 4:00 pm on Court 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Aryna Sabalenka who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Aryna Sabalenka is the pick to win this match.
Aryna Sabalenka -> 1.41
Veronika Kudermetova -> 3
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Prediction and head to head Aryna Sabalenka vs. Veronika Kudermetova
This will be the 3rd time that Aryna Sabalenka and Veronika Kudermetova square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Sabalenka (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Sabalenka won 6-2 6-2 in the final in Abu Dhabi back in January 2021.
Highlights Aryna Sabalenka vs Veronika Kudermetova – Abu Dhabi 13-January-2021
Aryna Sabalenka
Ranked no. 8, Sabalenka got to the 3rd round after defeating Tsvetana Pironkova 0-6 6-3 7-69.
In the 2nd round against Pironkova, Aryna recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (0-6 6-3 7-69).-94) than Pironkova. In fact, the world no. 8 won 94 points vs Pironkova’s. That means that Sabalenka was more focused during the important points. Sabalenka was extremely aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Regarding the service games, Sabalenka bagged 6 aces and she was not very solid on her 2nd serve to score 11 double faults. Aryna Sabalenka lost the serve 6 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Sabalenka put 56% of her first serves in, winning 65% (37/57) of the points behind her 1st serve and 39% (17/44) on the 2nd serve. Aryna broke Pironkova 4 times after converting 50% of her break points (4/8).
Sabalenka has a solid record in the last 6 years having won 65% of her matches (197-104). 12-4 on hard in 2021. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Sabalenka has a 122-54 record in the last 6 years on hard.
Her best result of the year was winning the title in in Abu Dhabi where she overcame Veronika Kudermetova in the final 6-2 6-2.
Aryna has a 12-4 win-loss record in 2021, 12-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Miami
Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2018 and 2019. See her history.
Veronika Kudermetova
Ranked no. 37, Kudermetova reached the 3rd round after defeating Danielle Rose Collins 6-3 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Veronika had a good straight sets win against Collins (6-3 6-2). During the match Kudermetova scored 59 points vs Collins’s 38. Veronika was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about serving, Kudermetova bagged 3 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Veronika Kudermetova was very effective on serve to win 92% (23/25) of her 1st serve and 56% (10/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Kudermetova broke Collins 4 times after converting 67% of her break points (4/6).
The Russian’s best result of the season was reaching the final in Abu Dhabi.
The Russian has a 11-7 win-loss record in 2021, 10-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sabalenka | Kudermetova |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 28 | 17 |
| Pts | 94-97 | 59-38 |
| Total Points | 191 | 97 |
| Winners | 37 | 23 |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% |
Both Sabalenka and Kudermetova played 1 match. At the moment, Aryna Sabalenka surrendered 1 set while Veronika Kudermetova hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Sabalenka has played 1 set more than Kudermetova (3 vs 2). Therefore, Sabalenka played 11 games more than Kudermetova. Sabalenka scored 37 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Veronika recorded 23 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sabalenka | Kudermetova |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 3 |
| 1st in | 57/101 | 25/43 |
| %1st in | 56% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 37/57 | 23/25 |
| %1st pts | 65% | 92% |
| 2nd pts | 17/44 | 10/18 |
| %2nd pts | 39% | 56% |
Sabalenka blasted 6 aces . Kudermetova fired 3 aces . Sabalenka won 65% points on her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 39% of the points. On the other side, Kudermetova won 92% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sabalenka | Kudermetova |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 4 |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/6 |
| % Converted | 50% | 67% |
| Conceded | 10 | 0 |
| Saved | 4 | 0 |
| % Saved | 40% | NAN% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 0 |
Aryna broke her opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Aryna dropped her serve 6 times and she saved 40% of the break points that she conceded. The Russian broke her opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Veronika was rock solid on her serve as she has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Sabalenka | |||
| R2 Pironkova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 0-6 6-3 7-69 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 94-97 | 94-97 | |
| Total points | 191 | 191 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 11 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 57/101 | 57/101 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 37/57 | 37/57 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/44 | 17/44 | |
| % 2nd pts | 39% | 39% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 4/10 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 6 | 6 | |
| Kudermetova | |||
| R2 Collins |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 59-38 | 59-38 | |
| Total points | 97 | 97 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 25/43 | 25/43 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 23/25 | 23/25 | |
| % 1st pts | 92% | 92% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/18 | 10/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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